#49779B#49779B

#49779B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.076 H 243.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49779B
RGB	rgb(73, 119, 155)
HSL	hsl(206, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(206, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 23.2%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.23, -5.10, -24.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.23, 24.78, 258.11°)
OKLab	oklab(55.13% -0.0339 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(55.13% 0.076 243.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.2588, 16.9755, 33.4765)
Luminance	0.1698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49779B #9B6D49

analogous

#499B96 #49779B #494E9B

triadic

#49779B #9B4977 #779B49

tetradic

#49779B #96499B #9B6D49 #4E9B49

square

#49779B #96499B #9B6D49 #4E9B49

split-complementary

#49779B #9B494E #9B9649

monochromatic

#223748 #355771 #49779B #6995B8 #93B3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#49779B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#49779B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49779B

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49779B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49779B	1.00	4.78	4.40	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68779D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D6F9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B8083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49779b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 119, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.076 243.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#819eb8',
    500: '#49779b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49779b;
$custom-light: #819eb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49779b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.341,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55132,
    "c": 0.07573,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49779B

secondary

#B89D88

accent

#8D5CCC

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F6

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0E11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #49779B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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